Tag: animals
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast
GULFPORT, Miss. -- A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were...
Wolf pack blamed in Colorado livestock attacks is captured and will be relocated
Colorado wildlife officials said Monday that they captured and plan to relocate five members of the first pack of wolves to form under...
Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell
BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and ... cotton-candy colored?Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers'...
Judge in Brazil orders slaughterhouses to pay for Amazon reforestation
BRASILIA, Brazil -- A judge in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle from a protected...
Drought forces Kenya's Maasai and other herders to look beyond cattle — even to fish
KAJIADO, Kenya -- The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the country's...
Oklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago...